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前
Meaning
- front
- forward
- ahead
Example sentence
饭前洗手
Wash your hands before each meal.
The character 前
前 is in front, and the time sense runs the way a person walks: 以前 is before now, 前天 the day before yesterday, 前年 the year before last. 面前 is in front of you and 前进 is to advance.
Words containing 前
- 前边 qián bian front
- 前天 qián tiān the day before yesterday
- 面前 miàn qián in front of
- 前年 qián nián the year before last
- 以前 yǐ qián before
- 从前 cóng qián previously
- 目前 mù qián at the present time
- 前后 qián hòu around
- 前进 qián jìn to go forward
- 前面 qián miàn ahead
- 前往 qián wǎng to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
- 提前 tí qián to shift to an earlier date
- 眼前 yǎn qián before one's eyes
- 前头 qián tou in front
- 前途 qián tú prospects